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	Hemiballismus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hemiballismus is a rare movement disorder that can be life threatening in the absence of a rational treatment approach.
		The most common cause of hemiballismus is hemorrhagic or ischemic infarction in the region of the subthalamic nucleus [3*, Class IIIb2; 4, Class IIIa1; 9].
		Studies of neurosurgical approaches to hemiballismus are limited because of the rarity of the condition.
	www.treatment-options.com /article.cfm?PubID=NE01-1-1-01&Type=Article&KeyWords= (1853 words)

	Hemiballismus.
		Hemiballismus is the most dramatic movement disorder seen in clinical practice.
		Hemiballismus patients require treatment both for the underlying etiology of the movement and for the movements themselves.
		The course of hemiballismus may be complicated by exhaustion, injury, or metabolic disorders, but with good supportive care, acute survival is good, and long-term survival reflects the prognosis of the underlying etiology.
	counsellingresource.com /medications-research/2005/04/10/hemiballismus (482 words)

	Olanzapine for the treatment of hemiballismus: A case report.
		Hemiballismus is a rare movement disorder characterized by involuntary, large amplitude movements of the limbs of 1 side of the body.
		We describe the case of a man in his late sixties with slurred speech, agitation, and right-sided hemiballismus resulting from a left thalamic hemorrhagic stroke.
		The improvement in the hemiballismus was quantified by recording the number of hemiballistic movements that occurred while the patient performed standardized 30-minute sessions (daily for 5d).
	counsellingresource.com /medications-research/2005/03/22/olanzapine-for-the-treatment-of-hemiballismus-a-case-report (455 words)

	NEJM -- Treatment and prognosis of hemiballismus
		Acute hemiballismus due to a cerebrovascular lesion may have a grave prognosis.
		Our observations suggest that the prognosis of hemiballismus is not necessarily as grave as has been believed, and that neuroleptic therapy may alter the outcome of this disorder.
		Guridi, J., Obeso, J. The subthalamic nucleus, hemiballismus and Parkinson's disease: reappraisal of a neurosurgical dogma.
	content.nejm.org /cgi/content/abstract/295/24/1348 (240 words)

	Movement disorders: Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
		The types of rapid irregular movements that cannot be controlled voluntarily are called chorea, hemiballismus, and myoclonus.
		Chorea is a rapid, jerking movement that most often affects the face or limbs.
		Hemiballismus is the sudden and extreme swinging of a limb.
	health.enotes.com /mental-disorders-encyclopedia/movement-disorders (572 words)

	hemiballismus - General Practice Notebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hemiballismus is a violent, involuntary movement restricted to one side of the body.
		The sudden, continuous projections of the limb may exhaust the patient and cause trauma to skin and joints.
		The classical cause of hemiballismus is damage to the contralateral subthalamic nucleus.
	www.gpnotebook.co.uk /cache/906362880.htm (131 words)

	[Hemiballismus disclosing cerebral toxoplasmosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]
		[Hemiballismus disclosing cerebral toxoplasmosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]
		Brain CT showed a left thalamo-subthalamic lesion which was thought initially to be a metastasis or a tuberculoma.
		Toxoplasmic brain abscess associated with AIDS should be considered as a possible cause of hemiballismus in young adult even in the regions where AIDS is still infrequent.
	www.aegis.com /aidsline/1994/may/M9450583.html (376 words)

	Chorea, Athetosis, and Hemiballismus: Movement and Cerebellar Disorders: Merck Manual Professional
		Hemiballismus is usually a unilateral, violent, flinging movement of the proximal arm.
		Hemiballismus is caused by a lesion, usually an infarct, around the contralateral subthalamic nucleus.
		Although disabling, hemiballismus is usually self-limited, lasting 6 to 8 wk.
	www.merck.com /mmpe/print/sec16/ch221/ch221b.html (224 words)

	Introduction to Brain Structures and Functions
		Parkinsonism: Loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (pars compacta) that normally project to the striatum is associated with rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor, and loss of postural reflexes.
		Hemiballismus is associated with damage to the contralateral subthalamic nucleus of Luys.
		Huntington s chorea: an hereditary disease characterized by progressive dementia and chorea, is associated with atrophy of the caudate nucleus.
	abdellab.sunderland.ac.uk /lectures/Brain/Telencephalon.html (1051 words)

	Long-Term Prognosis of Vascular Hemiballismus -- Ristic et al. 33 (8): 2109 -- Stroke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hemiballismus is a relatively rare hyperkinetic disorder characterized
		in hemiballismus is a vascular lesion of the contralateral subthalamic
		In conclusion, the long-term prognosis of patients with hemiballismus
	stroke.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/33/8/2109 (1521 words)

	aarogya.com "The Wellness Site" - Conditions & Concerns - Specialties - Neurology
		Cerebellar tremor is worst when patients extend their arms maximally to complete a task with sloppiness due to dyssynergia.
		The onset of most movement disorders is quite insidious except for hemiballismus; which often begins suddenly.
		Patients are evaluated at rest during maintenance of a static posture and volitional activity.
	www.aarogya.com /Conditions/specialties/neurology/movementdisorder.asp (1378 words)

	2. Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hemiballismus is a condition which is typified by large amplitude, involuntary movements on one side of the body only.
		The movements often involve the proximal parts of the limbs, such as sudden waving of the arm at the shoulder joint.
		Hemiballismus is caused by a lesion in the contralateral subthalamic nucleus or its connections with the globus pallidus.
	d-mis-web.ana.bris.ac.uk /calnet/Basal/page2.htm (1200 words)

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		Consequently, the physician is left to use his or her judgment, as is often the case in clinical medicine, and is forced to make the comparison him- or herself.
		Tardive dyskinesia, tardive dystonia, Sydenham chorea, and hemiballismus are fundamentally different from other hyperkinetic disorders by virtue of the possibility of spontaneous reversal.
		Hemiballismus, which is usually secondary to an infarct in the STN, most often resolves within weeks to months.
	www.mult-sclerosis.org /news/Jul2004/FullTextDeepBrainStimulation.html (5726 words)

	UMC Neurology
		History may include family history in several disorders with genetic transmission (the most obvious being Huntington's disease), history of medication use in others (e.g., tardive dyskinesia) and history of mode of onset and progression of the disorder.
		Physical examination should focus on extra movement vs. lack of movement, exclusion of weakness and UMN involvement in most disorders, with focal neurologic signs rarely seen (e.g., sometimes in hemiballismus); cognitive involvement or lack of it should be noted.
		About 20% of patients with Parkinson's disease develop cognitive impairment, part of so-called subcortical dementias; these are generally distinguishable from cortical dementias (with Alzheimer's disease--AD--being the prototype), though some patients have both.
	www.neurology.arizona.edu /Training/c5.html (1908 words)

	[Hemiballismus as initial manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report]
		[Hemiballismus as initial manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report]
		There are few descriptions of movement disorders as an initial presentation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
		The authors report the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with hemiballismus of gradual onset.
	www.aegis.com /aidsline/1995/apr/M9540281.html (323 words)

	Pallidal activity during dystonia: somatosensory reorganisation and changes with severity -- Lenz et al. 65 (5): 767 -- ...
		Firing patterns of cells in the GPi of the patients with Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and hemiballismus.
		Pallidotomy for hemiballismus: efficacy and characteristics of neuronal activity.
		Neuronal activity in the pallidum of a patient with hemiballismus [abstract].
	jnnp.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/65/5/767 (2558 words)

	The subthalamic nucleus, hemiballismus and Parkinson's disease: reappraisal of a neurosurgical dogma -- Guridi and ...
		Dierssen G, Gioino G, Cooper IS. Participation of ipsilateral hemisphere lesions in the pathology of hemichorea and hemiballismus.
		LaFia J. Hemiballismus as a complication of thalamotomy.
		Common neural mechanisms in experimental chorea and hemiballismus in the monkey: evidence from 2-deoxyglucose autoradiography.
	brain.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/124/1/5 (7148 words)

	eMedicine - Chorea in Adults : Article Excerpt by: Stephen A Berman, MD, PhD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: adult chorea, ballism, hemiballism, biballism, paraballism, ballismus, hemiballismus, biballismus, paraballismus, choreoathetosis, athetosis, benign hereditary chorea, Sydenham chorea, Sydenham’s chorea, Huntington’s disease, Huntington disease, HD, senile chorea, neuroacanthocytosis, Wilson disease, Wilson’s disease, WD
		Ballism or ballismus is considered a very severe form of chorea in which the movements have a violent, flinging quality.
		The word ballism comes from the Greek word ballismos, meaning "a jumping about or dancing." Ballism has been defined as "continuous, violent, coordinated involuntary activity involving the axial and proximal appendicular musculature such that the limbs are flung about." This movement disorder most often involves only one side of the body (ie, hemiballism or hemiballismus).
	www.emedicine.com /neuro/byname/chorea-in-adults.htm (611 words)

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		Hemiballismus, a type of chorea, consists of continuous violent flinging movements on one side of the body.
		Antipsychotic drugs may also help people with hemiballismus.
		However, hemiballismus usually goes away on its own after several days, although it sometimes lasts for 6 to 8 weeks.
	www.pnni.org /diseases/Chorea.htm (366 words)

	eMedicine - Chorea in Adults : Article by Stephen A Berman, MD, PhD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Patients with hemiballismus demonstrate signal changes in the contralateral subthalamic nucleus or, less often, the striatum or thalamic nuclei.
		MRI of the brain of patients with senile chorea shows a decrease in signal intensity throughout the striatum (suggesting iron deposition) and narrowing of the space separating the caudate head and putamen, but no overt atrophy of these structures.
		Dubinsky RM, Greenberg M, Di Chiro G, et al: Hemiballismus: study of a case using positron emission tomography with 18fluoro-2-deoxyglucose.
	www.emedicine.com /neuro/topic62.htm (7297 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Destruction of the subthalamic nucleus can cause ballism regardless of the pathologic mechanisms.
		The most common cause of hemiballismus is hemorrhagic or ischemic infarction in the region of the subthalamic nucleus.
		In younger patients, inflammatory, infectious, and neoplastic diseases are the most frequent pathologic processes.
	moon.ouhsc.edu /kfung/IACP-OLP/APAQ-Text/N1-MS-01-17-Ans.htm (94 words)

	Answers to Case Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The description of the movements is typical of hemiballismus.
		In rare instances hemiballismus may occur due to a tumour, trauma or post
		Hemiballismus due to cerebral infarction usually remits gradually over 3-6
	www.mrcp.com /answers.htm (1189 words)

	Meridia Side Effects, and Drug Interactions - Sibutramine Hydrochloride Monohydrate - RxList Monographs
		Serotonin syndrome has also been reported with the concomitant use of two serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
		The syndrome requires immediate medical attention and may include one or more of the following symptoms: excitement, hypomania, restlessness, loss of consciousness, confusion, disorientation, anxiety, agitation, motor weakness, myoclonus, tremor, hemiballismus, hyperreflexia, ataxia, dysarthria, incoordination, hyperthermia, shivering, pupillary dilation, diaphoresis, emesis, and tachycardia.
		Because sibutramine inhibits serotonin reuptake, in general, it should not be administered with other serotonergic agents such as those listed above.
	www.rxlist.com /cgi/generic/sibutramine_ad.htm (1104 words)

	Dyskinesias
		When the face, neck, and tongue muscles are involved, grimacing, protrusion and writhing of the tongue and difficulty in speaking and swallowing are characteristics.
		Damage to the subthalamic nucleus can result in hemiballismus (hem'e-ba-liz'mus), an uncontrolled, purposeless, and forceful throwing or flailing of the arm.
		Forceful twitching of the face and neck may also result from subthalamic nuclear damage.
	www.mhhe.com /biosci/ap/vdghumananatomy/student/olc/n-reading4.html (549 words)

	ICD-10 - Diagnose Hemiballismus ICD G25.5
		Sie sind hier: Medizin > ICD10 Verzeichnis > H > Hemiballismus
		Für die Diagnose "Hemiballismus " ebenso wie für alle anderen Bereiche gilt: Allgemeine Medizin-Informationen können Ihren Arzt nicht ersetzen, da nur er die individuelle Situation Ihrer Gesundheit beurteilen kann.
		Der ICD10 Code für die Diagnose Hemiballismus ist "G25.5".
	www.med-kolleg.de /icd/H/11285.htm (138 words)

	CHAPTER ONE part three
		A common example of dystonia is torticollis, whereby the sternocleidomastoid and neck muscles pull the head over to one side.
		Hemiballismus. This is a dramatic, and fortunately uncommon, movement disorder where an extremity has repetitive flailing movements similar to throwing a ball.
		These abnormalities are due to neurotransmitter derangements, degenerative diseases or structural lesions, and are often defined by the clinical setting in which they occur.
	www.aan.com /familypractice/html/chp1p3.htm (5357 words)

	Development and Neurobiology: Genetics of Childhood Disorders: XXXI. Autoimmune Disorders, Part 4: Is Sydenham Chorea ...
		Onset is usually between ages 5 and 15 years, and a female predominance is observed in most studies.
		Associated neurological symptoms may include dysarthria, hypometric saccades, hypotonia, weakness, hemiballismus, and gait disturbances that correlate with severity of chorea.
		Affected individuals may present with behavioral or emotional difficulties that predate the motoric abnormalities by weeks to months.
	info.med.yale.edu /chldstdy/plomdevelop/genetics/01octgen.htm (1958 words)

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		Hemiballismus (October 13, 1951; same patient as C38)
		Hemiballismus (December 30, 1953; same patient as G1)
		Hemiballismus (December 3, 1966; same patient as K40)
	users.ipfw.edu /vilensk/humanhtml.htm (1688 words)

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